Thomas Abate Marco
sculpture and drawing
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" ... no place like home ... " 2012; mobile - mixed media - 13 1/2" x 12" x 14 " - Monmouth Museum 2013 - collection the artist photo: A. Vargetto
FIRST-DOOR 1983; plywood, oak, granite, steel -
30" x 24" x 20"; exhibited at 151 Wooster St., NYC, 1992, - curator; Will Insley
FIRST-STEPS 1983; pencil on paper - 9" x 12" - for a working stairway - plywood, oak - 36" x 22 x 36" - no photo available
LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT: 1983; WORKING
"stone" steps - plywood, sand, dry pigment - 36" x 32" x 44" - collection M.R.A., NY
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ZIG-ZAG: 1984; maquette for WORKING marble steps - marble, wood, plastics, paint -
15" x 24" x 30"
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DOOR-STEP: 1985; maquette - plywood, brass - 24" x 21" x 18"
SKY-LIGHT: 1985 - pencil on paper - drawing of proposed Lucite (acrylic) skylight "light extension" structure to be 120" x 52" x 40"
COPPER WINDOW: 1986; copper plate, copper foil, steel, wood - 72" x 34" x 2" - exhibited at 151 Wooster St. NYC, 1988 - curator: Hannah Wilke
BRONZE WINDOW: 1987 - bronze and aluminum casting - 45" x 26" x 3"; exhibited at 151 Wooster St. NYC 1988 - curator: Hannah Wilke: collection M.E.A.,
NYC
FIRST-BRIDGE: 1988 - working bridge; steel, re-bar - 14" x 92" x 18" - exhibited at 151 Wooster St. NYC 1988 - curator: Hannah Wilke - collection: J. Kaufman, NYC
WOOD-BRIDGE: 1988 - working bridge; oak, hemp rope
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18" x 138" x 24" - exhibited at 151 Wooster St., NYC 1988 - curator: Hannah Wilke
WINTER-WINDOW: (open) one of a pair; 1988 - galvanized steel, steel - 36" x 24" x 2"; exhibited at 151 Wooster St. NYC, 1988 - curator: Hannah Wilke
BIG-BLACK-DOOR (for SB) 1989: steel - 96" x 42" x 12"; exhibited at 30 West 17th St. NYC, 1990
WATERFALL BRIDGE: 1990; wood, cardboard, spray paint - 13" x 48" x 48"- for cast bronze and steel, at 151 Wooster St. NYC 1992 - collection U. Schempp, NY
STEP-BRIDGE: 1990; steel - 30" x 168" x 20" - exhibited at 30 West 17th St. NYC 1990 - maquette exhibited at 168 Wooster St. NYC, 1992 - curator; Will Insley
DEEP-BLUE-DOOR: 1991; door, glitter, resin, paint, glass knob - 84" x 28" x 4" - exhibited at 151 Wooster St. NYC 1991- collection J. Gruntkowski, NYC
PUBLIC-THEATRE: 1992; blueprint - 9" x 12" - proposal for construction in Madison Square Park, NYC
PUBLIC THEATRE: 1992; explanatory text; exhibited at 151 Wooster St. NYC 1992
PUBLIC THEATRE: 1992; simulated bronze
maquette, lead figures and tree - 4" x 12" x 12"; exhibited at 151 Wooster Street, NYC, 1992 - curator; Jackie Winsor
BORDER-BRIDGE: 1992; maquette - aluminum - 24" x 70" x 6 - exhibited at 141 West 21st. St., NYC, 1996
WEST-SIDE-WALL: 1992; clay with bronze finish - 9" x 62" x 12" - exhibited at 141 West 21st Street, NYC 1992
SEA-STEPS: ("Gradient") 1992; maquette; mixed media - 16" x 48" x 48"; proposal for cast concrete tiered benches on sea wall in Long Branch, NJ
SEA-BED: 1994; pen on paper - 9" x 12"
SEA-BED: 1995; model - wood, canvas, glass, foil board - 4" X 40" x 30"
WHALE-BOAT: 1996-1998; - working boat - laminated wood, resin, paint -31" x 171" x 46" - exhibited at 30 West 17th St., NYC 1998 - photo credit: A. Vargetto
SEA-GLASS: 2000; model - wood, glass lens, steel pins, graphics - 24" x 18" x 2" - graphics: R. Anello
SUBMARINE-DREAM: 2003; bronze, gold-plated fish hook, nylon line - 12" x 2" x 1"
WAR-PATH: 2006; permanent collection of The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Park as of 2015 - see njvvmf.org -
118" x 24" x 18" - steel and artifacts
WAR-PATH: 2006; details - stones, arrowheads, American Civil War munitions, modern munitions, aluminum model ballistic missiles, rubble
UNTITLED; UNKNOWN: 2007; memorial flag case (wood, glass, brass) canvas, paint, brass tag - collection the artist
GARDEN OF THE UNKNOWN: 2007 - 2016; photo-drawing composite; proposal for memorial garden - white Carrara marble stones
GARDEN OF THE UNKNOWN - Proposed site; Long Branch, NJ
PRAYER-MACHINE: 2004 - 2017;
acrylic sphere, microphone/stand/coiled wire, pillow, tripod, paint - collection Tommy V, NYC
ALTAR-PIECE: 2010; negative print cut-out: original pencil on paper 9" x 12", Monmouth Museum 2010: collection M and G. George, NYC; black on white prints - collections C. Filiaci, NYC, F. Trani, NYC, and S. Loper, NYC
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DO-RE-MI (Jean D'Arc birthplace/museum): 2011; patterned acrylic sheeting, glitter vinyl sheeting, drum wrap, foam board - 18" x 24" x 5/16" - collection D. Crazy, FL
SAND-CASTLE: 2016; maquette - 48" x 24" x 10" mixed media - proposal for a cast concrete public sculpture on an ocean shore - 144" x 168" x 50"
" ... no place like home ... " 2012 photo: A.Vargetto
WAR-PATH
2006
(installed 2015)
Permanent collection: The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Park
Holmdel, New Jersey
njvvmf.org
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San Andreas Bridge - detail of maquette: scale 1/4" = 1'
wood, sand, paint, model car 54" x 28" x8" |
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Thomas Abate Marco Smithsonian Institute
americanartist.si/edu |
